US 12,214,190 B2
System of method for treatment of hyperhidrosis by tap-water iontophoresis and electrotherapy using an improved electrode
Maxime Calouche, Montreal (CA); and Nicolas Jolicoeur, Montreal (CA)
Appl. No. 17/282,909
Filed by Maxime Calouche, Montreal (CA); and Nicolas Jolicoeur, Montreal (CA)
PCT Filed Oct. 7, 2019, PCT No. PCT/CA2019/000140
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 5, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/069596, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 9, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/741,592, filed on Oct. 5, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/741,608, filed on Oct. 5, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/741,629, filed on Oct. 5, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0008721 A1, Jan. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. A61N 1/32 (2006.01); A61N 1/04 (2006.01); A61N 1/08 (2006.01); A61N 1/30 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 1/325 (2013.01) [A61N 1/0428 (2013.01); A61N 1/08 (2013.01); A61N 1/30 (2013.01); A61N 1/044 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for treatment of hyperhidrosis comprising:
(a) selecting a body zone of a subject to be treated;
(b) establishing a safety protocol specific to the selected body zone to be treated;
(c) treating the selected body zone of the subject via electrical conduction according to the safety protocol, wherein the safety protocol comprises at least one parameter selected from the group of:
(i) a first different slope of a first current rise at a beginning period of the treatment for each of the possible body zones to be selected;
(ii) a second different slope of a second current rise after an inversion of polarity for each of the possible body zones to be selected;
(iii) a different range of acceptable resistance of the subject for each of the possible body zones to be selected;
(iv) a different polarity inversion parameter for each of the possible body zones to be selected;
(v) determining a predetermined treatment duration for each of the possible body zones to be selected;
(vi) predetermining a maximal treatment current adapted for each of the possible body zones to be selected;
(vii) predetermining a maximal treatment tension adapted for each of the possible body zones to be selected; and
any combination thereof
(d) sampling in real time an electrical current dosage applied to the selected body zones in real time for a predetermined time interval thereby determining an instant current frequency thereof;
(e) continuously and sequentially repeating the sampling of step (d) in real time to provide a contiguous series of a predetermined number of instant current frequencies;
(f) averaging the predetermined number of instant current frequencies in of step (e) to determine an average current frequency; and
(g) repeating steps (d) to (f).